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I'm hoping this is simple. All I want to do is to make sure that a /
(slash) is not entered into a text box. here are some of my failed
attempts:

ValidationExpre ssion="\w[^\/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="\w[^/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="^/"
ValidationExpre ssion="[^/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="w[^/]"

... and many more variations. please help!
Nov 18 '05 #1
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Mark Dengler wrote:
.. and many more variations. please help!


if (!Regex.IsMatch ("Is this string / valid?", "/"))
{
// You have a valid string, process it.
}

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Nov 18 '05 #2
Hi Mark,

You would have to make sure to include everything except the slash ... eg
....

ValidationExpre ssion = "^[\w\s\d]*$"

.... add other things between the [] that you want to match. otherwise, go
with Frank's !Match solution

Alex Papadimoulis
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I'm hoping this is simple. All I want to do is to make sure that a /
(slash) is not entered into a text box. here are some of my failed
attempts:

ValidationExpre ssion="\w[^\/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="\w[^/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="^/"
ValidationExpre ssion="[^/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="w[^/]"

.. and many more variations. please help!

Nov 18 '05 #3
Frank,

I'm leaning towards your solution because I'm able to specify the single
item that is not valid as opposed to everything that is. Does this
solution apply to server processing only or may I implement this on the
client?
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Nov 18 '05 #4
You could use this one:

[^/]*

The "[^/]" syntax means "any character except for /". The "*" just means
"zero or more". You had the right idea in your fourth expression, but it
would only match if there were just a single character input. Adding the
"*" allows any size input (including zero-length) as long as there is no
slash.
Brian Davis
www.knowdotnet.com

"Mark Dengler" <md******@go.co m> wrote in message
news:8c******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
I'm hoping this is simple. All I want to do is to make sure that a /
(slash) is not entered into a text box. here are some of my failed
attempts:

ValidationExpre ssion="\w[^\/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="\w[^/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="^/"
ValidationExpre ssion="[^/]"
ValidationExpre ssion="w[^/]"

.. and many more variations. please help!

Nov 18 '05 #5

Brian... that's what I'm talkin about! Thanks.
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